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Emergency Medical Technicians pay in Lexington Park, MD and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Emergency Medical Technicians is $68,160 per year in Lexington Park, MD. It is $45,900 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Lexington Park, MD is 48.5% above Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2042 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 80 wage and salary jobs in Lexington Park, MD and 690 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.